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NE PORTLAND · ALAMEDA · Cat-1 → Cat-2
Burst supply line
Upstairs bath · State Farm
Door-to-done · 11 days
Portland, OR · 24 / 7 / 365
Water damage in Portland?
We're across the river.
Three trucks staged in NE Portland, Beaverton, and Vancouver — under 30 minutes to most Portland neighborhoods, day or night. Burst pipes, basement floods, sewage backups, storm intrusion. Licensed, IICRC certified, direct insurance billing.
Locally owned · USA✓Licensed OR + WA✓IICRC Water Cert✓< 60 min response✓Direct insurance billing
PORTLAND, OR · OVERCASTCITY-PORTLAND-01Aerial: NE Alameda, 1920s craftsman homes on tree-lined streets, wet pavement
<30min
avg response · inner Portland
23
Portland water jobs · last 12 mo
36in
avg annual rainfall · PDX
4.9★
34 Portland reviews
01 · Response time
Three depots. One radius covers Portland.
We stage trucks in NE Portland (Cully), Beaverton (near Hwy 217), and Vancouver (near I-205). At any hour of the night, the closest crew rolls — almost always inside 30 minutes for inner Portland, under 60 for the outer metro.
Depots
- NE Portland · Cully5–15 min · NE/N quadrants
- Beaverton · 217 corridor10–20 min · west side, Tigard, LO
- Vancouver · I-20515–25 min · SE PDX, east county
● UNDER 15 MIN
● 15–30 MIN
● 30–60 MIN
02 · Portland-specific
How water finds Portland houses.
WINTER · DEC – FEB
Burst pipes from a hard freeze
Portland averages 1–2 hard freezes per winter. Older homes with uninsulated crawl spaces and exterior hose bibs are the first to go. We see a spike in NE/SE bungalows and Forest Park hillside homes.
→ Ice storms · sub-25°F nights
SPRING · MAR – MAY
Basement floods from snowmelt + rain
1920s Portland basements weren't built for modern stormwater. Sump failures and groundwater intrusion peak when Mt. Hood snowmelt overlaps with atmospheric rivers.
→ Atmospheric rivers · snowmelt
YEAR-ROUND
Old galvanized supply lines
Portland's mid-century housing stock still has galvanized pipe behind walls. They corrode from the inside out — usually showing as a slow ceiling stain before they let go.
→ Pre-1970 homes
SUMMER · JUL – SEP
AC condensate + dishwasher leaks
When Portland hits 100°F, AC pans overflow. Heat-stressed dishwasher gaskets fail. Both leak slowly into kitchens and walls before anyone notices.
→ Heat dome events
03 · Neighborhoods
Where in Portland we work most.
NE / N Portland5–15 min
AlamedaIrvingtonConcordiaCullySabinBeaumontSullivan's GulchKentonSt. JohnsOverlookMississippiBoise
SE Portland10–20 min
HawthorneBelmontMt. TaborSellwoodEastmorelandWoodstockBrooklynSunnysideReedFoster-PowellRichmondBuckman
SW / Inner W10–20 min
Pearl DistrictHillsdaleMultnomah VillageSouth WaterfrontGoose HollowBurlingameCorbettLair Hill
NW / W Hills15–30 min
Forest ParkNorthwest DistrictSylvan-HighlandsHillsideArlington Heights
04 · Recent Portland work
Real Portland addresses. Door-to-done.
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SE PORTLAND · HAWTHORNE · Cat-2
Basement flood
Sump failure · Allstate
Door-to-done · 18 days
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NW PORTLAND · FOREST PARK · Cat-1
Storm + roof leak
Ceiling collapse · Liberty Mutual
Door-to-done · 14 days
05 · Why Portlanders call us
Local-owned. Cully-based. PDX-grown.
Ember Wave was started by a third-generation Portland family who watched their grandparents' St. Johns basement get gutted by a mid-90s flood — and the contractor disappear halfway through. Every Portland job we do, the lead tech lives within 20 minutes of your door.
“Pipe burst at 11pm in our Alameda place. Mike was at the door in 38 minutes with two techs and pumps. They handled the State Farm claim end-to-end and we were back in the kitchen in under two weeks.”
— Beaverton homeowner · Google review · April 2026
“I manage 12 Portland properties. Ember Wave is my first call now. They show up, document everything for the adjuster, and finish on time.”
— NE Portland landlord · Google review · February 2026
More services in Portland
What else we handle here.
Fire & smoke restoration · Portland→Mold remediation · Portland→Storm & roof recovery · Portland→Reconstruction · Portland→Other cities we cover
Nearby city pages.
Water damage · Vancouver, WA→Water damage · Beaverton, OR→Water damage · Hood River, OR→Water damage · Hillsboro, OR→Water damage · Lake Oswego, OR→PORTLAND · 24/7
Water in your Portland house? One call ends it.
Real person, any hour. Under 30 minutes to most Portland neighborhoods.
Locally owned · USA✓Licensed OR + WA✓IICRC Water Cert✓< 60 min response✓Direct insurance billing